Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 59

RV 3 59.1

मित्रो जनान् यातयति ब्रुवाणो मित्रो दाधार पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् । मित्रः कृष्टीर् अनिमिषाभि चष्टे मित्राय हव्यꣳ घृतवज् जुहोत

mitro janān yātayati bruvāṇo mitro dādhāra pṛthivīm uta dyām | mitraḥ kṛṣṭīr animiṣābhi caṣṭe mitrāya havyaṁ ghṛtavaj juhota

Mitra, as he speaks, sets the peoples in order; Mitra has upheld the earth and the heaven. Mitra beholds the settlements without blinking; to Mitra pour the ghee-rich oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 59.2

प्र स मित्र मर्तो अस्तु प्रयस्वान् यस् त आदित्य शिक्षति व्रतेन । न हन्यते न जीयते त्वोतो नैनम् अꣳहो अश्नोत्य् अन्तितो न दूरात्

pra sa mitra marto astu prayasvān yas ta āditya śikṣati vratena | na hanyate na jīyate tvoto nainam aṁho aśnoty antito na dūrāt

Let that mortal come forward, O Mitra, with his offering, who serves you, O Āditya, according to (your) commandment. Helped by you he is not slain, not overcome; no distress reaches him from close by or from afar.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 59.3

अनमीवास इऴया मदन्तो मितज्ञवो वरिमन्न् आ पृथिव्याः । आदित्यस्य व्रतम् उपक्षियन्तो वयम् मित्रस्य सुमतौ स्याम

anamīvāsa iḻayā madanto mitajñavo varimann ā pṛthivyāḥ | ādityasya vratam upakṣiyanto vayam mitrasya sumatau syāma

Free from sickness, rejoicing in refreshment, our knees firmly set in the wide expanse of the earth, dwelling under the Āditya's commandment, may we be in Mitra's favour.

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RV 3 59.4

अयम् मित्रो नमस्यः सुशेवो राजा सुक्षत्रो अजनिष्ट वेधाः । तस्य वयꣳ सुमतौ यज्ञियस्यापि भद्रे सौमनसे स्याम

ayam mitro namasyaḥ suśevo rājā sukṣatro ajaniṣṭa vedhāḥ | tasya vayaṁ sumatau yajñiyasyāpi bhadre saumanase syāma

This Mitra, to be revered, very gracious, a king of good dominion, was born as the ordainer. May we be in the favour of him who is worthy of sacrifice, and in his auspicious good will.

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RV 3 59.5

महाꣳ आदित्यो नमसोपसद्यो यातयज्जनो गृणते सुशेवः । तस्मा एतत् पन्यतमाय जुष्टम् अग्नौ मित्राय हविर् आ जुहोत

mahām̐ ādityo namasopasadyo yātayajjano gṛṇate suśevaḥ | tasmā etat panyatamāya juṣṭam agnau mitrāya havir ā juhota

Great is the Āditya, to be approached with homage, the marshaller of peoples, very kind to the singer. To him, the most praiseworthy, to Mitra, offer in the fire this welcome oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 59.6

मित्रस्य चर्षणीधृतो ऽवो देवस्य सानसि । द्युम्नꣳ चित्रश्रवस्तमम्

mitrasya carṣaṇīdhṛto 'vo devasya sānasi | dyumnaṁ citraśravastamam

The help of Mitra, the god who upholds the peoples, is winning — a brilliance of most wonderful fame.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 59.7

अभि यो महिना दिवम् मित्रो बभूव सप्रथाः । अभि श्रवोभिः पृथिवीम्

abhi yo mahinā divam mitro babhūva saprathāḥ | abhi śravobhiḥ pṛthivīm

Mitra, who in his greatness (has reached) beyond the heaven, wide-extending, (and) beyond the earth with his glories.

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RV 3 59.8

मित्राय पञ्च येमिरे जना अभिष्टिशवसे । स देवान् विश्वान् बिभर्ति

mitrāya pañca yemire janā abhiṣṭiśavase | sa devān viśvān bibharti

To Mitra, whose strength gives the upper hand, the five peoples have submitted; he sustains all the gods.

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RV 3 59.9

मित्रो देवेष्व् आयुषु जनाय वृक्तबर्हिषे । इष इष्टव्रता अकः

mitro deveṣv āyuṣu janāya vṛktabarhiṣe | iṣa iṣṭavratā akaḥ

Mitra among the gods, among the Āyus, has made refreshments accordant with the vows performed for the man who has strewn the barhis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain